The police commander revealed that in recent weeks, the combined forces successfully thwarted and repelled multiple gang attempts to disrupt the training of over 700 police officers. The update comes amid an operation against the dreaded Haiti gang leader Jimmy Cherizier alias Barbecue.

Gangs launched a fresh attack on Haiti’s capital early Tuesday, targeting an upscale community in Port-au-Prince where gunmen clashed with residents who fought side-by-side with police. The attack on Pétionville was led by the Viv Ansanm group,

Police and civilian self-defense groups killed 28 gang members in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in an overnight operation, authorities said Tuesday, as the government seeks to regain some control of the city.